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[edit] Old talk

I did not author this page. The content is taken from the Marxism article -- the article identified Marxism with Social Conflict Theory. SCT may be the term someone gives to a Marxian theory of conflict, but it is not a widely used marxian term and not appropriate to an article on Marx -- so I created this new article, rather than just delete the content. I do not know who Padgitt is or why he should be so heavily quoted. Anyone who knows more about SCT, please work on this! Slrubenstein

This, unfortunately, is my field, SLR. I say "unfortunately" because these days I mostly prefer to play in fields for which I am not formally qualified. (Something to do with grass and the other side of fences and the colour green, I guess.)

Brief precis of what the article ought to say:

  • Conflict theory explains society in terms of the competition between different social groups for benefits and resources. Social structure, for the conflict theorist, is an outgrowth of the struggle between interest groups. hahahahahaha!!!!!!
  • Contrast this with functionalist theory which explains society in terms of the ways that groups work together cooperatively. Social institutions are explained in terms of their functional importance to society as a whole.
  • Conflict theory and functionalist theory are both structural theories of society. Contrast with interactionist or "social action" theory, which is non-structural.
  • There are several major branches of conflict theory. Marxian theory is predominant. Feminism is another prominent branch.

In short, Marxian theory is one particular branch of conflict theory - but by far the biggest branch. Tannin

PS. I suspect that Steve Padgitt was Vera Cruz's tutor in Sociology 101, the poor man. But that's pure guesswork. Tannin
PPS. I just checked. It was VC. A sort of favour in disguise, actually, as now we are more-or-less forced to get off our lazy bums and write something better. :) - Tannin

Thanks Tannin for the quick lesson -- it certainly squares with what my sociology friends have told me and makes more sense than just changing the Marxsism article to "Marxism, or social conflict theory is..." I guess you (or others) will work on this at your leisure. On the bright side, you can then add a link at the Sociology page and in an instant make a significant improvement... Slrubenstein

Is there a branch of social conflict theory that deals with the conflicting definitions of family and the debate over 'reclaiming the term' family values? That seems to fall into the structural theories class to me.

Quinobi 12:45, 5 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] dubious wc

Unless someone can demonstrate otherwise, I don't think "old-school" is really encyclopedia-calibre wording. I can't think of a good replacement for it off the top of my head, but it sounds disturbingly weaselish... Tomer TALK 20:38, May 8, 2005 (UTC) Conflict theory is a theory that refute functionalism.... haha!!! this is just a non-sense thing... i just want to bother you all.... (",)

[edit] '-' ?

Any specific reason for the '-' betwen social-conflict? I think this should be moved to social conflict theory. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 16:05, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Agreed. And I've made the change. Sarge Baldy 16:59, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
hahahahahaha!!!!! i don't agree on you!!!!

[edit] Padgitt?

the start of the article has a quote by Padgitt, but doesent give any info on who Padgitt is. can some one add an brief explanation about Padgitt and why he's noteable to this feild to the article? maybe an article link if one existsMike McGregor (Can) 19:36, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

also, i linked to weber's theory for 'brute force'. would that be correct for this subject?Mike McGregor (Can) 19:39, 24 January 2006 (UTC)